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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID - 19 Vaccination Update - Day 549
India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 200.30 Crore
More than 25 lakh Vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 200.30 Crore  today. More than 25 lakh  Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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10410413
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2nd Dose
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10080317
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|
Precaution Dose
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6044058
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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18427760
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|
2nd Dose
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17653474
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Precaution Dose
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11519499
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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38060191
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|
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2nd Dose
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26333853
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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60868891
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2nd Dose
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50188067
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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558936598
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2nd Dose
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506118052
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Precaution Dose
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7349003
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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203576206
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2nd Dose
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194620100
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Precaution Dose
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5371918
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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127366750
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2nd Dose
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121608478
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Precaution Dose
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28497865
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Cumulative 1st dose administered
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1017646809
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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926602341
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Precaution Dose
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58782343
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Total
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2003031493
Today’s achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:
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Date: 18th July, 2022 
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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75
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2nd Dose
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506
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Precaution Dose
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19337
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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177
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2nd Dose
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1114
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Precaution Dose
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48990
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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60750
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2nd Dose
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106223
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|
Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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20075
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|
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2nd Dose
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55268
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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36536
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2nd Dose
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185173
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Precaution Dose
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916375
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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6315
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2nd Dose
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44664
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Precaution Dose
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722721
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Over 60 years
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|
1st Dose
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4587
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2nd Dose
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27703
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Precaution Dose
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284803
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Cumulative 1st dose administered
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128515
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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420651
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Precaution Dose
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1992226
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Total
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2541392
The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
J&K Domicile Rules Notification is the dawn of a new era for Jammu & Kashmir, says Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh
Describing the Jammu & Kashmir Domicile Rules Notification as the dawn of a new era for Jammu & Kashmir, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said here today that history will vindicate us and prove that this course correction was in keeping with the principle of equality and the norms of a healthy democracy.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that a serious miscarriage of history had been undone after 70 years by the Jammu & Kashmir Domicile Rules Notification.
Addressing the media, Dr Jitendra Singh said, it was an anomaly waiting to be corrected and perhaps it was God’s will that it should get corrected only when Sh Narendra Modi takes over as the Prime Minister of India. He also complimented Home Minister Sh Amit Shah for the clarity with which the entire exercise has been carried out.
Dr Jitendra Singh noted that three generations of people in Jammu & Kashmir had been denied the right to live with justice and dignity, and it was heartening to see this redemption happening in our lifetime, which would prove to be a blessing for the future generations. He also expressed satisfaction that he and some of his contemporaries got an opportunity to be a part of this exercise, if not wholly, at least in a very small measure.
While the West Pakistan Refugees and displaced persons from PoJK have been restored their legitimate rights, Dr Jitendra Singh said, a discrimination of several decades has been undone and those who are opposing this move are only exposing themselves to the accusation that for the last 70 years they had been thriving on the politics of discrimination.
It is an irony, said Dr Jitendra Singh, that All India Services Officers, including IAS and IPS, who devoted 30 to 35 years of their life to serve in Jammu & Kashmir were, at the end of the day, after superannuation, asked to pack up, leave and look for a place elsewhere to settle. This was, he said, quite in contrast to the arrangement in several States and UTs where the All India Service officers of State Cadre are not only allowed to settle but are also provided plots of land for the same.
Similarly, he said, a gross injustice was being done to the children of these officials who did their entire schooling in Jammu & Kashmir but were debarred from applying for admission to higher education institutions.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, this should be seen as an opportunity for wider exposure and capacity building for our children, so that they could prepare themselves to flourish in global India.
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Ministry of Home Affairs
MoS  Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir launches NPDRR website
The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir launched the website, http://npdrr2-mha.net.in, for the ensuing 2nd meeting of National Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction  here today. This is an exclusive website to share all information related to the NPDRR and keep updating delegates on daily basis about the meeting.
The 2nd meeting of the NPDRR will be held in the last week of April this year in New Delhi on the theme 'Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development: Making India Resilient by 2030'. The first meeting of NPDRR was held during May 13 -14, 2013 in New Delhi on the theme 'Mainstreaming DRR in Development: From Risk to Resilience'.
The NPDRR is a multi-stakeholder National Platform headed by the Union Home Minister and consists of representatives from Central Government, State Governments, Local Self Governments, Parliament, Specialised agencies dealing with disaster, Institutions of National Importance, Industry, Media, Civil Society Organizations and International Organizations. The NPDRR promotes participatory decision making in disaster management and strengthens federal policy of our country.
Besides opening and valedictory sessions, the second meeting of NPDRR will have one plenary session, 5 technical sessions, exclusive Ministerial Session, and one session on the pre-events of this NPDRR. This meeting would sensitize the participants about important initiatives at global and national level on Disaster Risk Reduction , including Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2016, the Asia Regional Plan 2016, and the Prime Minister’s 10 point agenda on DRR. It would discuss and evolve various actionable points pertaining to four priority areas of Sendai Framework on DRR to make our country disaster resilient. About 1,000 participants including members of NPDRR, selected representatives from the State/UT Governments, Central Governments, public sector organizations, institutions of national importance, private sector, financial institutions, professional experts and Non-Governmental Organizations are likely to attend the meeting.
National Disaster Management Authority  and National Institute of Disaster Management  are organizing 10 pre-events on different aspect of DRR in collaboration with their partner organizations as a build up to this 2nd meeting of NPDRR. A national level slogan competition on "Role of NPDRR in disaster management" has been launched on March 31, 2017 to enhance citizen's involvement in Disaster Management.
Ministry of Railways
Indian Railways records best ever February Monthly freight loading of 124.03 MT in February ’23
A growth of 3.55 % over the previous best February figures achieved in 2022.
Cumulative freight loading from April'22 to February ’23 has been 1367.49 MT
Indian Railways has had 30 straight months of best ever monthly freight loading
Indian Railways has recorded best ever February Monthly freight loading of 124.03 MT in February ’23. The incremental loading in the month of February has been 4.26 MT i.e. a growth of 3.55 % over the previous best February figures achieved in 2022.
With this, Indian Railways has had 30 straight months of best ever monthly freight loading.
IR has achieved an incremental loading of 3.18 MT in Coal, followed by 0.94 MT in Fertilizers, 0.66 MT in Balance of other Goods, 0.28 MT in POL and 0.27 MT in Container.
Increase in automobile loading has been another highlight of Freight Business in FY 2022-23 and 5015 rakes have been loaded in FY 2022-23 till February as compared to 2966 rakes during the same period of last year i.e. a growth of 69%.
The cumulative freight loading from April’22 to February'23 has been 1367.49 MT as against 1278.84 MT achieved in 2021-22 i.e. an incremental loading of 88.65 MT, with a growth of 6.93 % over same period last year.
The freight NTKMs  have increased to 73 Billion in February’23 from 70 Billion in February’22 registering a growth of 4.28%. The cumulative freight NTKMs from April’22 to February'23 has been 82 Billion as against 74 Billion with a growth of 10.81 % over same period of last year.
The sustained efforts of Indian Railways to increase supply of Coal to Power houses, in close coordination with Ministries of Power and Coal, have been one of the key features of the freight performance in the month of February. The loading of Coal  to Power Houses increased by 3.39 MT in January with 45.63 MT Coal being moved to Power houses as against 42.24 MT last year, i.e. a growth of 8.02 %. Cumulatively, in the first eleven months of the year, IR has loaded more than 79.69 MT extra coal to Power Houses as compared to same period of last year, with a growth of more than 15.44 %.
The commodity wise growth numbers show that IR has achieved growth in almost all commodity segments with the following growth rates :
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Commodity
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Variation 
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% variation
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Coal
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3.18
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5.70 %
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Fertilizer
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0.94
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25 %
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Balance of Other Goods
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0.66
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6.51 %
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POL
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0.28
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7.77 %
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Container
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0.27
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4.32%
Ministry of Defence
Swarnim Vijay Varsh Pune Celebrations : Victory Flame Receptionat Salunkhe Vihar
Pune : 5 October 2021
In order to celebrate 50 Years of glorious Victory of Indian Army in 1971 Indo-Pak War, a Nation wide celebration began on 16 Dec 2020 with PM Narendra Modi setting out four Victory Flames in four cardinal directions. A grand welcome was given by the Military and Citizens of Pune to the Flame on 01 October 2021. As part of the ongoing month long Swarnim Vijay Varsh Celebration events in Pune, the Victory Flame was today taken to Salunkhe Vihar. A large number of veterans and 1971 Indo-Pak War heroes residing in Salunkhe Vihar attended the function. The Flame was received by Lt Gen  Pandit BT, PVSM Vir Chakra, Col  Salunkhe S Balwant Vir Chakra and Mrs Harolikar Arun wife of Brig  Harolikar Arun. The event was attended by Several Veterans, Veer Naris and Serving Military Officers. The flame was carried by all eminent serving and retired military personalities as mark of respect.
Station Commander alongwith other serving and Retired Army personals, Veterans and civilians Dignitaries witnessed the ceremony. The flame was relayed in the residential area before hosting it at Community Hall where a cultural program was organised by the residents. The enthusiasm for hosting the Victory Flame, displayed by the residents of Salunkhe Vihar was very encouraging. Station Commander, Pune Military Station lauded the invaluable contribution of Indian Army and its Veterans during 1971 Indo-Pak War which led to the decisive victory and surrender of East Pakistani Army.
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Special Service and Features
SHRI PRAMOD KUMAR TIWARI, IAS.,DIRECTOR GENERAL,BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS UNVEILED THE NEWLY RENOWATED BIS SOUTHERN REGIONAL OFFICE BUILDING IN CHENNAI TODAY
SHRI PRAMOD KUMAR TIWARI, IAS.,DIRECTOR GENERAL,BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS ALSO AWARDED THE LICENCE FOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CERTIFICATION [QMS, EMS & OHSMS] TO KUDANKULAM – NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED , TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT - TODAY
Bureau of Indian Standards, the National Standards Body of India is a statutory body functioning under the aegis of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India. It operates various schemes like Product Certification , Management Systems Certification, Hall Marking of Gold and Silver Jewellery/Artefacts and Laboratory Services for the benefit of the industry and in turn aiming at consumer protection.
Bureau of Indian Standards, Southern Regional Office  was originally established at Satya Murthy Bhavan, G. P. Road, Chennai in January 1969. BIS-SRO was later shifted to its own building presently situated at CIT Campus, IV Cross Road, Taramani, Chennai in the year 1976. The building for Southern Regional Office and Laboratory Complex was inaugurated in July 1976 by Shri T. A. Pai, Union Minister of Industry and Civil Supplies, at Madras on 12 July 1976 in the presence of Shri B. S. Krishnamachary, DG, ISI.
After almost 46 years, as per the direction of Shri Pramod Kumar Tiwari, IAS., Director General, BIS, the Southern Regional Office Building was taken up for renovation under the headship of Shri USP Yadav, Scientist-F & Deputy Director General . The newly renovated building is being renovated keeping in mind all modern amenities for better working atmosphere, modern Training/Conference rooms. The building will also reflect different cultures/traditions of Southern States and is in the final Stage of completion.
Shri Pramod Kumar Tiwari, IAS., Director General, BIS unveiled the newly renovated building on today 01 June 2023 and also awarded the Licence for Quality Management Systems , Environment Management Systems  & Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems  Certification to Kudankulam – Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited , Tirunelveli District. Shri T Prem Kumar,Site Director & Shri L Richard, Training Superintendent & Management Representative -Integrated Management System from Kudankulam – Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited received the Licence from DG BIS. Shri USP Yadav, Scientist-F & Deputy Director General  and Head of Branch offices of BIS Southern Region were Present during the Licence awarding Ceremony.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
193.96 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
India's Active caseload currently stands at 22,416
Active cases stand at 0.05%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.73%
2,697 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to
4,26,25,454
3,962 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
85.22 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 4,45,814 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Defence
EASTERN ARMY COMMANDER VISITS TAWANG
Kolkata, October 26, 2019
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command, Lt Gen Anil Chauhan, reviewed the security situation and operational preparedness in the border areas of Arunachal Pradesh in Tawang Sector on 24 and 25 Oct 2019.
The Army Commander was accompanied by GOC, Gajraj Corps, Lt Gen Manoj Pande. The General Officer was briefed in detail on the prevailing security situation and operational preparedness along the LAC by the respective commanders on ground.
During his interaction with troops, the Army Commander appreciated their hard work and dedication in their endeavour to safe guard the nation’s borders and insurgency-prone areas while operating in hostile terrain and adverse weather conditions. He also lauded the exemplary synergy amongst all security forces and civil administration and reinforced the need to be fully prepared for any contingencies.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID19 Vaccination-Day 86
Day 1 of Tika Utsav sees Workplace Vaccination Centres in operation
27.69 lakh vaccine doses given till 8 pm today taking the Cumulative Coverage to more than 10.43 Cr doses
More than 9 Cr First Doses administered till 8pm today
First Dose to 60+ population crosses 4 Cr mark
India has been scaling multiple peaks in its effort to contain the COVID-19 virus. Day 1 of the countrywide Tika Utsav saw many Workplace Vacciantion Centres operational. As today was a Sunaday, most of these were operational in the private work places. On an average 45,000 COVID Vaccination centres  used to be funcational on any given day. Today, 63,800 CVCs were operational, marking a rise of an average of 18,800 operational Vaccination Centres. Additonally, on an average, Sunday witnessed lower levels of vaccination numbers . On the first day of Tika Utsav, more than 27 lakh vaccine doses were administered till 8 pm today.
The cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country stands at 10,43,65,035 as per the 8 pm provisional report today.
This has been achieved across 15,55,837 sessions including 90,12,768 Healthcare Workers  who have taken the 1st dose and 55,23,718 HCWs who have taken the 2nd dose, 99,94,360 Frontline Workers  , 47,93,536FLWs , 3,19,49,793for over 45 years old to 59 years old , 6,76,609 for over 45 years old to 59 years old , 4,04,76,731 for above 60 years  and 19,37,520 for above 60 years  .
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HCWs
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FLWs
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Age Group 45-60
years
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Above 60
Years
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Total Achievement
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1st Dose
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2nd Dose
|
|
1st Dose
|
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2nd Dose
|
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1st Dose
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
1st Dose
|
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2nd Dose
|
|
1st Dose
|
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2nd Dose
|
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90,12,768
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55,23,718
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99,94,360
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47,93,536
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3,19,49,793
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6,76,609
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4,04,76,731
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19,37,520
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9,14,33,652
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1,29,31,383
More than 9 crore  first doses of COVID vacciane have been administered to its citizens, of which more than 4 crore  are in the above 60 years of age category.
Total 27,69,888 vaccine doses were given till 8 pm today, the Eighty Sixth day of nationwide COVID19 vaccination. Out of which 25,47,691 beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1st dose and 2,22,197 beneficiaries received 2nd dose of the vaccine as per the provisional report. Final reports would be completed for the day by late tonight.
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Date: 11th April 2021 
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HCWs
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FLWs
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Age Group 45-60 years
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Above 60
Years
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Total Achievement
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1st Dose
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2nd Dose
|
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1st Dose
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2nd Dose
|
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1st Dose
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
8705
|
|
15429
|
|
40745
|
|
34327
|
|
1673140
|
|
35127
|
|
825101
|
|
137314
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|
2547691
|
|
222197
Ministry of Jal Shakti
National Rural Drinking Water Mission
Since August, 2019 Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission  after subsuming erstwhile National Rural Drinking Water Programme  to make provision of potable water to every rural household through tap water connection, by 2024.The estimated outlay of the mission is Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore, out of which Central share is Rs. 2.08 lakh Crore.
At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, out of 18.93 Crore rural households, 3.23 Crore  households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, more than 6 Crore  rural households have been provided with tap water connections in last 30 months. Thus, as of date, out of 19.32 Crore rural households in the country, 9.24Crore  households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.
The key features of the Jal Jeevan Mission  are to make provision of potable water to every rural household through tap water connection at a service level of 55 litre per capita per day , of prescribed quality , on regular and long-term basis.
Number of steps have been taken to plan and implement JJM in the whole country with speed, inter alia, which includes joint discussion and finalization of saturation plan and annual action plan  of States/ UTs, regular review of implementation, workshops/ conferences/ webinars for capacity building, training, knowledge sharing, field visits by multi-disciplinary team to provide technical support, etc. Detailed Operational Guideline for the implementation of JJM; Margdarshika for Gram Panchayats & VWSCs to provide safe drinking water in rural households and Guidelines on a special campaign to provide piped water supply in anganwadi centres, ashramshalas and schools have been shared with States/ UTs, to facilitate planning and implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission. For online monitoring, JJM–Integrated Management Information System  and JJM–Dashboard has been put in place. Provision has also been made for transparent online financial management through Public Financial Management System .
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Substantial Reduction in Incidents of Terrorism in the Country
The number of terrorist incidents has substantially reduced during 01.04.2009 till 30.06.2019 as compared to previous decade. Consequent to the adoption of the policy of zero tolerance against terrorism, security forces have been taking effective and continuous action in countering terrorism, resulting in corresponding change in the number of such incidents. The number of terrorist incidents in the Hinterland during the last decade as compared to the previous decade have reduced by 70% from 71 to 21 and the number of terrorist incidents in Jammu & Kashmir have reduced by 86% i.e. 23,290 to 3187.
Further, as compared to the corresponding period of 2018, the first half of this year has witnessed a reduction of 28% in terrorists initiated incidents and an increase of 59% in actions initiated by the security forces against terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir.
Government has zero tolerance policy against terrorism. Close and effective coordination mechanism exists between intelligence and security agencies at the Centre and the State level. The Multi Agency Centre  has been strengthened and re-organized to enable it to function on 24x7 basis for real time collation and sharing of intelligence with the central / state Agencies concerned.
National Investigation Agency  has been strengthened for investigation of terrorism related cases. States have raised Special Forces to deal with terror incidents and Central Armed Police Forces & National Security Guards have also been stationed at different locations to assist the States in dealing with such incidents. The Central Agencies have been organising capacity building programmes for the States forces regarding intelligence sharing and investigation of terror cases.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G.Kishan Reddy in a written reply to question in the Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister calls on His Majesty Norodom Sihamoni, The King of Cambodia
Exchange views on close cultural ties and development partnership
His Majesty appreciates and conveys his best wishes for India’s Presidency of G 20
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met His Majesty Norodom Sihamoni, the King of Cambodia, who is on his maiden State visit to India from 29-31 May 2023, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
Prime Minister and His Majesty, King Sihamoni underscored the deep civilizational ties, strong cultural and people-to-people connect between both countries.
Prime Minister assured His Majesty of India’s resolve to strengthen the bilateral partnership with Cambodia across diverse areas including capacity building. His Majesty thanked the Prime Minister for India’s ongoing initiatives in development cooperation, and conveyed his appreciation and best wishes for India’s Presidency of G-20.
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